Honestly, I wish they were a hair cheaper- I'd love to play with one and a few lenses, all of which are pretty cheaply priced.

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The original Q has been available in and at around $200 or sometime know. That's pretty cheap. If you want additional lenses, it's actually cheaper to buy the kit with the lens you want and then sell off the body than buy the lens separately.

As for the colors. The colors they sell in the US is nothing compared to what they sell in Japan. Even M43 cameras come in all the colors of the rainbow.

I actually don't like the look of this new one. I think the original Q looks better.

Pentax should have gone m4/3... but that Q looks like a cool cam to take to concerts and such.

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I think a RX100 would be better for that. The Q while small, is really not that pocketable due to it's shape. The lens protruding. It's not as portable as the size would suggest. I mainly have one to use as a super zoom camera. That 5.62x crop + 1000mm lens = megazoom. It does suffer from jello though.

If this is really true, I dunno why they didn't use this sensor size to begin with. I always felt the Q should have had at least a 1/2" sensor or larger it they wanted to use a compact sensor. Out of curiosity how is the AF on these cameras, are they PDAF, CDAF, or a hybrid?

If I(and many others) can put a GF3(or similar size m4/3) with a 14mm(well any pancake really) in a jacket pocket, I am sure one can put the Q with a prime or short zoom in their jacket or cargo pants pocket just as easily.

If (as I've seen claimed) the existing lenses all cover the new sensor it suggests that it was always the intention to go to this size eventually. It may just be a matter of sensor availability. I've heard that with APSC sensors Pentax can only use them after Sony/Nikon have been producing them for several years.

I thought they should haven gone with a 2/3" sensor, for a 4x crop. You'd still get some great telephoto options with adapted lenses -- a cheap 500mm would be a 2000mm equivalent. Even a fast 50mm would be a 200mm telephoto.

Though the new sensor size is reasonable, and the crop factor of 4.6x could be fun. A fast 50mm f/1.4 would be a nice low light telephoto.

But even more fun is playing with all of the cine and cctv sensors out there. CS mount lenses should work great on this. Could be good for video...

As for the colors. The colors they sell in the US is nothing compared to what they sell in Japan. Even M43 cameras come in all the colors of the rainbow.

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Looks like all the colors are coming to the US with this camera (as well as the new K-50 mid-level DSLR). There's a total of 120 color combinations (20 body colors and 6 grip colors) and they have an online configurator where you can create yours.

My personal fave is the Black and Yellow. What's your pick for the WORST combo? Mine would be perhaps the Lime/Pink or Orange/Aqua or Orange/Brown.

I wonder if the Q10 will go for bargain prices now? Under $500 USD is a good price point. ILC or not, this competes with the LX-7/XZ-2. The 8.5 1.9 is now a 35 mm equivalent, which is a nice lens/body combo.